I recently received the cymbals + hi-hat pack and noticed a few issues. I was wondering if there are any ways to improve this ?
First, the system feels a bit lacking in responsiveness. Because of this, the trained zones are difficult to use properly, the playing response doesn’t feel as accurate as it does with the toms and snare. Sometimes lighter hits don’t trigger any sound, even though the signal is detected and I’m already at the lowest threshold setting. It also feels like there’s less dynamic range when playing hard.
Secondly, it’s a bit unfortunate that we can’t blend zones the way we can on toms or the snare. This removes a lot of the natural feel compared to real cymbals, since you can clearly hear the sample switching between zones.
Finally, I’m having trouble understanding how the “Adjust Pedal Tension Training” works for the hi-hat. I’ve tried several settings but haven’t noticed major differences. A tutorial or clearer explanation would be very welcome.
I was expecting something on the same level of quality as the tom and snare triggers, so I must admit I’m a little disappointed. I’m hoping a future update might improve the playing experience. It’s already better than Roland cymbals in my opinion, but not quite at the level of your tom/snare triggers yet.
When the hardware is working correctly, you should get a very responsive and dynamic playing experience. So my guess is there’s an issue with your setup that we need to work through.
Regarding your other questions - yes, you can definitely blend between zones, just like on drums. That part of the software works the same. Here is some more info on how to use blends, but please let me know if you have something else in mind.
Thanks for the feedback on the “Adjust Pedal Tension” setting. We’ll put together some more resources for that. It’s really a tool to be able to dial in where the open/close cross over is so that your physical setup matches with our presets. Every hi-hat gets setup slightly different depending on how you place your clutch, etc. So we need this setting to accommodate for that.
But first, let’s make sure your setup is working correctly. Thanks!
It’s true for the blend, I must have had a problem trying yesterday.
But after checking, I have everything installed well and have a good dynamic playing experience but still not as good as for toms or snare drum.
I will send you a video with audio from sensory by mail.
Ok for the hi-hat, I’m waiting to have more information from you on how to fix it in this case because I still haven’t something very precise even if it already works quite well.
A comprehensive set up tutorial would be great. There are so many features and options. I’m currently just poking around but afraid to change too much without know exactly what everything does and how it does it. For example, it took me a few sessions just to figure out how to change the volume of individual kit pieces. There are a lot of resources but I’m having to look at 3 or 4 different videos/articles to piece different things together. Also, 1 updated, concise and coherent tutorial for getting SD3 up and running with the addition of cymbals would be amazing. Again, there are resources but scattered through various posts in the forum and on the support section.
I found this video and it is just the kind of thing I was looking for. This is helping me get some confidence and inspiration to explore the software more. Please, more content like this (or point me to some if it exists). Quick Tips for Getting Started on Sensory Percussion